Reasons for incident response assessments

Your employees constantly interact with your organization’s data, and
that exposure puts your proprietary information at risk. An effective
cyber security system includes the tools for conducting rapid
investigations and a proper incident response plan if you suspect or
detect a leak or mismanagement of data. Data leaks can damage your
organization’s reputation, reduce the value of your proprietary
information, attract unwanted media attention and require huge legal
payouts.

Whether malicious or unintentional, cyber security incidents can come
in many forms, including:

Accounting fraud

Data manipulation

Unauthorized data access

Negligent work practices

Accidental data mismanagement

Sale of proprietary information

Theft of client data for personal
career advancement

Hostility from prior employee

Sabotage

Considerations for cyber security incident response

Speed
When data and reputations are on the line, incident response needs to be conducted
immediately and efficiently. Having software to gather and analyze evidence is a key
component in a timely and accurate investigation. Collecting data in real-time allows
you to playback the entire incident and get a comprehensive picture of what occurred.

Legal
Employees in question need to be treated fairly and appropriately. Additionally, you
will need to act in accordance with state and national data breach laws, which may
require you to notify affected parties within a certain time period. Consider notifying
your legal counsel immediately to help you move forward lawfully and advise on
strategies for minimizing litigation and reputation damage.
Have processes in place

Have process in place
Recognize the reality of insider threats and prepare for them. Establish a workplace
investigation process, invest in detection technologies, and make employees aware of
your protocol. When you experience a data breach, you will be able to immediately
deploy the investigation to solve the problem as quickly and lawfully as possible.

Software can identify insider threats and improve the effectiveness of your incident response. Veriato not only determines data breaches by monitoring employee behavior
in real-time, but also quickly reviews the activity during an investigation. Save valuable
hours by recalling the incident and related actions for immediate playback.

Veriato supplies objective, defensible, forensic-grade results. Our software is more
reliable than human investigators and provides you with unbiased, complete
information to give you an accurate assessment of the situation.

Our customers see a dramatic
reduction in the cost of
investigations, often as much as